October 2010 News

Feed The Children Launches Facebook And Twitter Campaign
Feed the Children is asking people to help launch a social media campaign for National Hunger Awareness Month via its “Take Action” promotion. People...
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Google Instant from the Browser
Upon the announcement of Google Instant, the company said that they would be rolling out the feature to mobile and browsers (search boxes and Chrome Omnibox) in the next few mon...
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Microsoft Sues Motorola Over Android Phones
Two weeks ago, the CFO of the Mobile Communications Business at Microsoft hinted something dramatic would happen.  Now it has: Microsoft announced this afternoon that it's...
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Google Adds Features to Car Home for Android
Google has released a new version of Car Home for Android, aimed at making customi...
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Smartphone Users Now Account for Most Mobile Browser and App Users
New data from comScore indicates that smartphone users now make up the majority of mobile browser and app users, at least in the United Sta...
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Microsoft Appoints New Division Leaders
Microsoft announced some new leadership promotions today. The company promoted Kurt DelBene to president of the Microsoft Office Division, Andy Lees to president of the Mobile C...
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Mobile Problems Cut Into Ballmer’s Bonus
The next time you hear Steve Ballmer saying that he wants Microsoft to succeed in the mobile market, do not doubt his sincerity.  A proxy statement released by Microsoft ye...
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NFL.com Partners With Break Media
Break Media and the NFL said today they have partnered to launch a custom NFL.com channel on Break.com. Features of the NFL.com channel on...
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Should Google Buy Twitter, Yahoo Merge with AOL?
There is a lot of talk going on about what should or shouldn't happen among prominent Internet companies (as opposed to what actually is happening). For example, a lot of p...
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Justin Timberlake, Aaron Sorkin Discuss “The Social Network”
Comedy Central was all about The Social Netork last night. The Daily Show had Justin Timberlake, who portrays Sean Parker in t...
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FTC Shutters Web Services Company
At the request of the Federal Trade Commission a U.S. district court has shut down the illegal operations of a company that placed false charges on the telephone bills of thousa...
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Google Renews Focus On Growth In China
Since the Chinese government hasn't decided to force it out, Google's going to move forward in the country, according to a high-ranking exec.  David Drummond said this week...
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Samsung Reportedly Dropping Symbian Support By End of the Year
Samsung is reportedly dropping support for the Symbian operating system. Accordi...
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Facebook Launches New Features for Photos
Facebook has introduced 3 new features for Photos. These include high resolution images (storing bigger pictures), a new viewer for browsing photos, and a new uploader with bett...
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